FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agoRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1137arrow-down1imageRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/ukraine-passes-language-law-irritating-president-elect-and-russia-idUSKCN1S110Y/ Literally the whole media switched spelling around this time. iRaq and iRan are silly but the “Kyiv” stuff is different.
minus-squaredoublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 months agoIn the liberal mind, “Kiev vs Kyiv” is equal to “Beijing vs Peking” or “Myanmar vs Burma” or “Uluru vs Ayer’s Rock”
In the liberal mind, “Kiev vs Kyiv” is equal to “Beijing vs Peking” or “Myanmar vs Burma” or “Uluru vs Ayer’s Rock”